Psalmorum 1

1 beatus vir qui non abiit in consilio impiorum et in via peccatorum non stetit et in cathedra pestilentiae non sedit

BOOK FIRST: Happy is the man who walketh not in the council of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;

2 sed in lege Domini voluntas eius et in lege eius meditabitur die ac nocte

But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who doth meditate in his law by day and night.

3 et erit tamquam lignum quod plantatum est secus decursus aquarum quod fructum suum dabit in tempore suo et folium eius non defluet et omnia quaecumque faciet prosperabuntur

And he shall be like a tree planted by rivulets of water, that yieldeth its fruit in its season, and the leaf of which doth not wither; and all that he may do shall prosper.

4 non sic impii non sic sed tamquam pulvis quem proicit ventus a facie terrae

Not so the wicked; but they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

5 ideo non resurgent impii in iudicio neque peccatores in consilio iustorum

Therefore shall the wicked not be able to stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6 quoniam novit Dominus viam iustorum et iter impiorum peribit

For the Lord regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked leadeth to perdition.